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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1930
Page
10
High Point voters faced rain as they cast ballots for U S senator congressman and state county officers. Early noon reports tallied 1 500 to 2 000 votes from a 10 000 registered. officials predicted a turnout near 5 900 with expectations of a later surge between 4 p m and closing time.
Publix-Saenger theater managers from western North Carolina met at the Sheraton for a 2 PM conference. Twelve executives discussed sound handling, projection, house service, and advertising, and reviewed new or upcoming pictures. Roy Smart presided. attendees included U K Rice Joe Blank Bonner Sams Frank Burns Eugene W Street Emil Bernstecker H T Lashley T R King and A W Barber.
Tickets for the American Business club home talent production Hay Fever, to be staged Friday night at the senior high auditorium, are selling briskly. Sam Denny chairs the committee, praising the show as humorous and strong amateur theater. The cast includes Johnnie Muse, Ralph Slate, Virginia Frank, B. Walker, Marion Shipman, Mary Simmons, Howard Blair, Dr. J. B. Richardson, and Elliott Wood under director Miss Margaret Hauser.
Miss Edith Dollie Bevan a 27 year old stenographer from Jamestown died after drinking Lysol in her rooming house at 304 Howell Street late yesterday. It was her second suicide attempt within a month and a note blamed no one but her love for ending the pain. She died at Guilford General Hospital about two hours after being found unconscious. Surviving are her mother five sisters and six brothers. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10:30 AM from her mother's home in Jamestown with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Math How ard of Kemp Texas recounts severe health issues in middle life with nerve turmoil hot flashes and faint spells. After trying Cardui she reports marked improvement and continued use through the critical period and to help others.
High Point agents of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company held a noon luncheon at the Sheraton hotel to outline plans for November production. W. H. Andrews Jr of Greensboro spoke on production, with the November campaign honoring Julian Price of Greensboro as company president. Attendees included Mrs. B. M. Wood C. C. Hooks R. O. Smith J. Harold Davis George Elliott and W. H. Andrews Jr.
Funeral services for Winston A. McGehee 80 year old Guilford County farmer who died at his Jamestown home will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 oclock at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church. Rev Ed W Jones to officiate interment follows at Hickory Chapel Cemetery.
Elizabeth Cooper ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Cooper of 417 Gatewood avenue was knocked down by a Jamestown driver at Main and Church streets. She sustained a concussion and possible skull base fracture and was taken to High Point hospital in unconscious condition. She regained consciousness today and showed improvement. witnesses called the accident unavoidable.
A Wednesday Night Supper Meeting at Central Friends church features T Win gate Andrews as speaker with music by Elizabeth Munroe and Marian Burgess. Margaret Fell Circle meets 5 pm in the Ladies Parlor, Juniors in the basement, Sunday School Council at 6 pm, supper at 6 45, reservations requested, followed by a Prayer Meeting at 8 pm.
The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on unemployment urges government support for flax, calling for improved fibre quality and market prospects. Restoration could provide permanent work for about 1,500 men.
Authorities announce a prohibition on night flying over Paaris to enhance air safety. The measure targets all aircraft operations after dark and is expected to reduce collision risk and incidents in the busy airspace near the city.
Copies of the American Legion and Auxiliary history for North Carolina, covering 1919 to 1929, are due for mailing by November 10. Authors Capt. A L Fletcher and Mae P Fletcher, with photos of leaders, funded by a central veterans fund, aim to sell 5 000 copies for about five thousand dollars. Proceeds go to the Oteen non compensated veterans fund.
Guilford College features piano student Georgia Falk and tenor Glenn Robertson in a student recital at eight this evening. Both have three years of study in the Guilford music department and are regular performers. Marshals include Katie Stuckey Argyle Elliott Mary Reynolds and Marguerite Slate.
J Pierpont Morgan’s donation of 132 bottles of champagne to Peace Memorial Hospital at Watford England creates a problem as champagne is not a medicine. Officials seek to have the wine merchant credit the hospital’s brandy account. Morgan owns a house at Aldenham near Watford.
Raleigh officials announce North Carolina will be officially represented at the White House conference on health and protection of children. E. F. Carter, executive officer and secretary of the North Carolina child welfare commission, will attend in response to an invitation. Carter organized the state's child welfare work and is recognized for labor and employment expertise involving women and children.
In Tullamore Irish Free State a ten year old Peter Slattery attempted to save his younger brother Frank from drowning. Their Alsatian dog leaped into the river and dragged Peter to safety. Then 17 year old Thomas jumped in and reached Frank before he was carried away.
Isadore Fhagen Roosevelt quarterback refused to leave the field after a fight, costing Roosevelt a 1-0 forfeit to Evander Childs. The game stood 14-0 for Roosevelt before the penalty.
Fasteeth is a new pleasant powder that keeps teeth firmly set and deodorizes. It causes no gummy paste taste or gooey feeling. To eat and laugh in comfort sprinkle Fasteeth on your plates. Available now at Eckerd's of High Point NC and other drug stores.
E. J. Barber, a highway filling station operator, is jailed without bond in Burlington on assault charges after a Gastonia girl, 19, says she was thrown into an icy creek on the Thomasville road. Barber denies involvement, claiming another man did it if rough handling occurred. The woman, from Oklahoma with Indian parentage, had earlier been linked to a lover who took poison and died. She remains hospitalized at City Memorial in Thomasville, listed as improving.
The Higgins Sisters will perform at Archdale Friends Church Archdale on Thursday night offering negro spirituals old time songs classical pieces and humorous readings. The North Carolina trio near Guilford College won the Federal Music club cup at Boston and appear on Victor records and radio. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children under ten.
In municipal court Mrs. E. L. Wingo petitioned Judge Lewis E. Teague to restore her son Ed Wingo Jr. from her former husband. Wingo must appear in court to establish the license number of an automobile tied to the case while the judge awaits further evidence. The matter involves alleged marital infidelity and a years long estrangement with the child last seen in March 1929.
R. N. Williams of 611 Wesley Place announced he was not the man tried in municipal court Monday morning for being drunk and disorderly.
Miss Lillian Hill of Fairfield Road asked the Enterprise to note she was not the Lillian Hill tried in police court here yesterday.
A newly installed elevator system is now in use to raise and lower a movie camera for film production, improving access and shot logistics.
The Tabernacle Day event tied to The Crusade For Christ in High Point has been postponed to Thursday. Building plans for the new steel tabernacle on South Main Street and the free church ladies barbecue dinner will proceed Thursday as announced by L. R. Stewart, building committee chairman. The final steel was set yesterday and the canvas top and sides, seats, choir platform, annex, and sawdust floor are to be completed Thursday.
W A Jordan 80 died last night at 7 at his daughter Mrs W B Harmon s Park street home after an extended illness. He leaves two daughters Mrs Harmon and Mrs Campbell. five sons H R M H H M N R H and Clinton. a brother John Jordan. Remains to be shipped to Statesville for interment tomorrow at Prospect Church Iredell County.
Fort Worth Texas Charlie Casper of San Antonio who set a national interscholastic high hurdles record last year in Chicago has withdrawn from the Texas Christian University freshman football team He will devote all his time to training for the track season.
Mrs. S. A. Solomon of New Bern North Carolina credits Kruschen Salts with a 47 pound loss in three months. She reports improved strength and relief from long-standing pains and feels like a well woman after starting each morning with a half teaspoon in hot water. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks. Mann Drug Co. and drug stores supply it.
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